Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 65.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	59.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 04 '19 at 08:56
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	65.3% Good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 52 2-Core 140 56% 92.2 Pts	4-Core 248 8-Core 414 40% 331 Pts	64-Core 419 26% 419 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 68%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$28 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 218 55 55 56 56 55 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	Read 360 Write 119 Mixed 252 SusWrite 82.5 45% 203 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 69.3 4K Mixed 21.5 105% 39.2 MB/s	DQ Read 163 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 130 117% 174 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 85%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 793GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 169 169 170 171 171 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 160 Mixed 105 SusWrite 170 114% 155 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1 215% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 109%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 16.5TB 53 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 15.5TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 76 75 76 76 76 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	43.2% Average	Read 74.7 Write 35 Mixed 45.8 SusWrite 75.8 43% 57.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 101%
Verbatim 16GB 751 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 14GB free, PID 0302 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6 7.2 4.9 7.2 5.1 7 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	3.04% Terrible	Read 4 Write 2.5 Mixed 2 SusWrite 6.2 5% 3.67 MB/s	4K Read 4.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 17% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.04% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5402-463.A 2x4GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	42% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 13.6 MC Mixed 13.4 42% 14.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 11.6 28% 9.83 GB/s	Latency 72.1 56% 72.1 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 49%

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P - $149

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	947x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	859x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	397x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	283x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	181x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	159x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	140x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	109x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	86x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 10,715 samples	149x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 41%, 7,567 samples	68x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 39%, 4,786 samples	62x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16